Russia stops airstrikes in Syria ceasefire areas
Posted February 27, 2016 4:37 am.
Last Updated February 27, 2016 7:00 am.
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MOSCOW – A top military official says Russia has halted all airstrikes in areas of Syria where armed groups, including government forces, said they would abide by a cease-fire.
“The Russian Federation has completely stopped attacks in the ‘green zone’, that is to say those areas and armed units that have sent to us requests for cease-fire,” Maj. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy said Saturday at a briefing in Moscow.
He said 17 armed groups have said they would abide by the cease-fire.
